Towns

We visit Windham County for the latest installment of our monthly series, where we try to visit all of Vermont’s 252 towns or cities.

During a relatively quiet Election Day, with no local or statewide elections, some towns are asking voters to support a range of infrastructure projects, from housing to flood mitigation and water system upgrades.

Town clerks and select boards say it is getting harder to run meetings and conduct town business as the vitriolic tone of political polarization continues to ramp up.

In the latest installment of our Town by Town series, we spend the hour learning about life in the small Lamoille County community.

A Tunbridge property owner is suing the town over who should be able to maintain a public trail on his land. The House Transportation Committee passed a bill that sides with the town, even as the lawsuit moves ahead in Orange County Superior Court.

For about 20 years a cannon of unknown origin stood in front of the West Windsor town hall. The town learned recently that it was possibly stolen and has no connection to the town's history.

Calais resident Juanita Nunn is selling off land and moving into a mobile home behind her farmhouse because she can’t keep up with taxes and fuel prices.

Some of the neediest Vermont counties have fewer projects in line for ARPA funds, partly because they lack staff to navigate the application process.

Gov. Phil Scott made it official on Wednesday that the village of Essex Junction will separate from the town of Essex on July 1 of this year.

In mid-January, the United States Postal Service told the people of Elmore that the contract postal unit in their general store would be closed. This did not sit well with the residents of Elmore, who have rallied to keep the P.O. boxes right where they are.